Get a local business phone number in Ferriday, LA

Area codes in Ferriday

Ferriday, in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, had a Census-estimated population of 2,995 in July 2024. All 6 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 318. 318 is part of an overlay with 457, so a new local number in Ferriday may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Ferriday is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 318 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Ferriday phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Ferriday's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - La has the most, with 2. 6 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Ferriday can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Local prefixes for Ferriday

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Ferriday's rate center (FERRIDAY). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2011. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Ferriday's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Ferriday numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Ferriday

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Ferriday's numbers are rated to the FERRIDAY rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Ferriday number.

If your business already has a Ferriday number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

The local business market

Ferriday is part of the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area, home to 53,371 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,130 business establishments in the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area in 2023, employing 13,763 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (206), health care and social assistance (151), and other services (except public administration) (123).

Setting up a Ferriday business line

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Ferriday, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.

A 12-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $360.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $299.40. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.